Devil's Tower

I do not normally comment on movies but this one needs to have an alert before you watch it, it is that bad! The Devil's Tower is by far a 'b' grade movie, and yet another zombie one at that. All we see lately is zombies, there's plenty of movies that are better than this one. Roxanne Palette's acting as really gone downhill since she left soap opera's in the UK. She's had a few minor parts in other 'B' grade movies, but they were worse than this one. I watched this one for about the first 20 minutes, that was enough - If you are still in to the Zombie Feast movies then watch it, else if you are like me, you will avoid it like the plague! It must be that time of year again when writers are just throwing out all the rubbish for Halloween.

Devil's Tower is honestly a pretty good movie. It's not fantastic, but it's most definitely not a 1-star movie either. Admittedly it's a bit on the forgettable side, but the acting's good, the plot - while a bit all over the place at times - does hang together alright, the good characters are likable, the bad characters are easy to hate, and while it takes a while for anything zombie to crop up - just over an hour in - there's some pretty good supernatural scenes to tide you over before you just kind of sink into the usual zombie gore fest. Honestly, all in all, it's a pretty good movie, and worth watching at least once. So, watch it or don't, but if you do, just try to watch more than 20 minutes so you can make an informed decision on whether it's any good or not.

'DT' is kinda 'Shivers' with ancient evil instead of randy parasites; a drab block of flats instead of luxury apartment units. The residents of Shivers Heights are more interesting, eccentric and amusing than the clot of pervs and cadgers at Albion Court. There's murders, of course, murders the police don't bother with because of the social class of those residing therein.

Into this nasty mess arrives Sarah McColl (old fave Roxanne Carrion - who looks more like Nancy Kovack off 'Jason And The Argonauts' every time you see her) abused and alone, who soon finds herself in danger as the block - including her horror mother - is plunged into gory chaos by a witch on the top floor directing possessed, undead ghouls through her telly.

Is there tension? Are there thrills? Not really. 'DT' seems more concerned with social ills than scares. The flats are presented a worse bad than the crone (yawn). Oh, the squalor! The depravation! And with the film-makers having no real idea what to do with the first half, broad, foul-mouthed comedy and off-putting sex pads out the running time.

When everything finally does descend into blood-spurting apocalypse and orgy, Rox rises Boudicca-like amongst the carnage to save the day while remaining warm and welcoming. A tremendous advert for inner city unity.

Is there anything to recommend ? Is 'DT' a good film ? Not really. A level zero compared to 'Wolf Man' or 'Coppola's Drac' but, and there's the rub, Bill fans, I enjoyed it far more than either of those or any number of other big-budget bland-outs I've sat through. Attempts to connect ancient malevolence to modern social ills fall flat on their stupid faces. Torpid bids to be odd and hallucinatory fail so gormlessly you can't help but be charmed.

What can I tell ya . .? It sucked but I liked it . . ish.

I don't know what to make of this movie. It was a really weird one. Just when i thought that i knew where the plot was going, it got to a point where I lost it!

In the end it made some sense! So it is a mediocre movie and it's up to you if you like it or not. It has its points though.

I played this movie for my friends so we could hang out and watch something for fun. Even though they didn't like horror movies so much this got their attention and no complaints were made. I think they actually loved it. As I said I found it mediocre so go figure!

Back to the movie! It has ghosts, possession of a kind, weird zombie like creatures, it has it all. Basically though, it is a ghost – possession type of movie. The acting is not that good and the story has potentials, you want to find out what is going on, because you can "see" the question marks piling up above your head.

Have fun watching it!

Lead actress Roxanne Pallett (now Roxanne Carrion) spent the first part of her career acting in a soap opera that is less credible than this offering, and with a higher body count. When "Devil's Tower" was released she was a few months short of her 32nd birthday, yet she passed successfully for an 18 year old. This may be a tribute to her girlyish good looks or to the painting in her attic, but that is as good as this film gets.

We've all heard of haunted houses, but a haunted tower block? When Sarah is kicked out by her no-good widowed mother, she is dumped here by social services along with a host of undesirables and a couple of squatters. Then odd things start happening; actually they'd already started; the film opens with a young couple having sex on the rooftop who end up murdering each other. A lot more claret is set to flow, but zombies created and controlled by a mysterious entity through a TV set, seriously?

There is a half-hearted attempt to add some background, but this one fails big time. Comedy horror? Horror, but not in a viewable way.